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Author Topic: 30 FPs Martin Van Broekhoven Film Handler Posts: 2 From: Rotterdam Zuid Holland Netherlands Registered: Nov 2012 posted 05-25-2016 06:24 AM                        did anyone tested 30FPS on a GDC SX 2000???? And did it play????  |  IP: Logged Jim Cassedy Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1661 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Dec 2006 posted 05-25-2016 09:25 AM                     I've used 30fps DCP content on a GDC SX-2000's in about half a dozen locations on more than one occasion, & had no problems. I've only run into ONE location that would not play 30fps content. It was on a Dolby DSS200 & a Christie projector. Thanks to Steve Guttag, I learned that there was some incompatibility between the software versions in that DSS and the Christie at that particular location. But I've never run into any 30fps issues with GDC's or Doremi's. Of course, 'when in doubt', TEST IT before you need to use it!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-25-2016 11:59 AM                        I created a couple of 30fps clips using DCP-O-Matic a year or two ago. They worked fine on our SX2000.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-25-2016 12:05 PM                     Somewhat related: Does everyone have to work around a visible "flash" or "glitch" when switching frame rates? Or is it just me? (Dolby DSS200 with Barco DP2K-32B)  |  IP: Logged Mike Schulz Expert Film Handler Posts: 122 From: Los Angeles, CA Registered: May 2007 posted 05-25-2016 03:12 PM                     Manny, I have the same exact setup as you (DSS200 + DP2K32B) at one of my rooms and 30fps content will have the flash glitch at the beginning and ending of the clip so I have to put douser open cue one second into the clip and douser close 2 seconds before end of clip to avoid seeing it. It's pretty annoying but I haven't discovered a way around it as of yet.  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 05-25-2016 05:12 PM                     Yep. That's how I have to work around it too. Sigh.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 05-25-2016 06:12 PM                     If you go to GDC's web site, http://www.gdc-tech.com/english/products_sx2000_arspec.php GDC has updated their specification for additional frame rates that work with the SX2000AR and SX3000  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 05-25-2016 06:27 PM                     We do HDMI feeds into the SX3000 from an external source with no playback issues. We just have a macro set for the BARCO to adjust the color spacing and sync for playback. Isn't that playback 30fps also? -Monte  |  IP: Logged Leslie Hartmier Expert Film Handler Posts: 100 From: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Registered: Jul 2012 posted 05-31-2016 01:21 PM                     We have used 30fps content on GDC AR servers, but the non-AR servers can only use 24 in 4k and 24 or 48 fps in 2k, at least according to GDC themselves, found in http://www.gdc-tech.com/english/products_sx2000aspec.php We've not tried 30fps on the non-ARs for that reason, although as a thought experiment, it might be interesting. Leslie  |  IP: Logged

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